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    Montenegro’s Parliament endorses Igor Luksic as country’s new prime minister

    Montenegro’s parliament has endorsed Igor Luksic as the country’s new prime minister. Mr Luksic, 34, succeeds Milo Djukanovic, who resigned last week having become the longest-serving leader in the Balkans. The new prime minister has twice been deputy prime minister and minister of finance four times. This month Montenegro achieved candidate status in its bid […]

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    Ivory Coast’s Ambassador to UN warns country is on brink of genocide

    Ivory Coast’s newly appointed Ambassador to the United Nations has warned the country is on the brink of genocide. In a TV interview, Youssoufou Bamba said there had been large scale violation of human rights as a result of the ongoing political unrest. Laurent Gbagbo is refusing to step down despite his rival, Alassane Ouattara, […]

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    Ariane 5 completes sixth and final mission of 2010

    Europe’s heavy-lift rocket, the Ariane 5, has completed its sixth and final mission of 2010, putting two satellites high above the Earth. The launcher powered skyward from its Kourou spaceport in French Guiana. Ariane’s biggest passenger was Hispasat-1E, a 5.3-tonne platform that will deliver a range of video and data services to Europe and the […]

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    Iran arrests seven al-Qaeda members

    In Iran, seven al-Qaeda members have been arrested on Wednesday night in Sardasht Township, located in the southern part of Iran’s West Azarbaijan Province. Iran’s official news agency IRNA quoting a reliable source has reported that the arrested al-Qaeda members were identified by Iranian intelligence officers and arrest warrants had been issued for them by […]

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    India provides a grant of 11.74 crore rupees to Nepal

    India is providing a grant assistance of 11.74 crore rupees to Nepal for implementation of three development projects in Dhanusha and Kaski districts under India-Nepal Economic Cooperation Programme. These included assistance of 3.65 crore rupees for development of Rangbhumi ground, an important religious site where marriage ceremony between Lord Ram of Ayodhya and Princes Sita […]

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    South Korea confirms an additional case of foot-and-mouth disease

    South Korea today confirmed an additional case of foot-and-mouth disease, despite extensive quarantine efforts to contain the spread of the highly contagious disease. The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said a pig farm in the eastern province of Gangwon tested positive for the disease. All 13,500 animals at the farm in Hongcheon have […]

    International

    US revokes Visa of Venezuelan Ambassador to United States

    The American State Department says it has revoked the Visa of the Venezuelan Ambassador to the United States. It follows the refusal of President Hugo Chavez to accept the proposed US Envoy to Caracas. The move comes amid a diplomatic dispute between the two countries over President Barack Obama’s choice of ambassador to Caracas, Larry […]

    International

    Suicide bombers kill four police officers in Iraq

    In Iraq, at least four police officers were killed on Wednesday when two suicide bombers, wearing explosives-packed vests, attacked a police battalion in western Mosul. According to National Iraqi news agency, a third suicide bomber who tried to enter the building was shot dead by police. The attackers detonated their vests in the room of […]

    International

    Five arrested for planning terror attack in Denmark

    Police in Denmark have arrested five people, including three Swedish citizens, on suspicion of planning an attack at a building in Copenhagen where major media are located. Police said the alleged attackers were planning to enter the building where the daily Jyllands-Posten has its offices and wanted to kill as many as possible of those […]

    International

    Taliban facilitator captured in S Afghanistan

    Afghan and NATO-led forces have captured a Taliban facilitator along with several suspected insurgents during a joint security operation in the southern Kandahar province. In a statement, the International Security Assistance Force on Wednesday said the targeted individual is an intelligence operative responsible for providing direction in the form of site selection and target sets […]

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